Chapter 22: Deer
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A six-person room in a private hospital. Hong Jin-oh, a former military medic, was watching TV while eating dinner. The KBC 6 o’clock entertainment broadcast was on, and suddenly, his…
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Chapter 21: Hallux Valgus Osteotomy
The next day, July 8, 2001. Seongnam Military Capital Hospital, 1st floor, Orthopedics Clinic. In front of the clinic, soldiers in pain lined up endlessly. Captain Park Jung-hyun, who had…
Chapter 20: Countryside Scenery
As I stepped out of the trauma surgery ward, I ran into Private Joo Kyung-sik from orthopedics. He was speaking with an unusually bright expression. “Major, are you leaving work…
Chapter 19: The Private Room Patient
Lee Young-chul, head of General Surgery, was dumbfounded by the two people standing before him. July 4th, 2001. The morning paper had been buzzing with the likelihood that Beijing would…
Chapter 18: Kimchi Stew
When Kim Cheolsu emerged after his cancer surgery, he encountered the restaurant owner nervously waiting outside the operating room. She hadn’t been able to leave work, worried sick about her…
Chapter 17: Extended Right Hepatectomy Part 2
“Whoo…” Kim Cheolsu cut the distal common bile duct where it entered the pancreas with the scalpel. If he hadn’t mobilized the duodenum earlier, the surgical field would never have…
Chapter 16: Expanded Right Hepatectomy Part 1
After enjoying some delicious pork belly at the village chief’s house, I came back home and went back to sleep, and the morning of July 3rd, 2001 dawned. Taking a…
Chapter 15: Prepatellar Bursitis
“Hmm…” After a short nap, I woke up to find myself at home. Did the village chief bring me here? Feeling apologetic, I noticed the white dog barking beside me.…
Chapter 14: Resuscitative Thoracotomy
When Major Kim Cheolsoo first entered the emergency room today, Captain Bang Noeul thought to herself. An overly eager rookie military doctor only makes everyone more exhausted. So she deliberately…
Chapter 13: Emergency Room
It had already been quite some time since Kim Cheolsu came down to Hampyeong. More than a week had passed since he administered the injection to Go, a player of…